presidential library, and i had a chance to catch up with former british prime minister tony blair, to talk about his thoughts on the middle east, the bush legacy and some of the big foreign policy tests now facing president obama. >> you are in this pivot point politically of being so closely associated with president clinton politically, the new labor party, at a time he was refashioning the democratic party, and yet your legacy will forever also be intwined with president bush and his response to the war on terror. it's a very interesting place in political history. >> you know, there was a british prime minister when he was once asked, what is the toughest thing about being prime minister? and he said events, dear boy, events. what happens is something comes of a game-changing nature or world-changing nature like 9/11 and everything changes. i was very closely associated with president clinton and still have a good and strong relationship with him because we were both progressive politicians of a centrist persuasion. when president bush first came in, frankly, in basic political terms,